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128 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(12). 

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SR–EMERALD–2023–30 and should be 

submitted on or before January 5, 2024. 

For the Commission, by the Division of 

Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated 

authority.128

Sherry R. Haywood, 

Assistant Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2023–27530 Filed 12–14–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8011–01–P 

SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 

Data Collection Available for Public 

Comments 

ACTION: 60-Day notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Small Business 

Administration (SBA) intends to request 

approval, from the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for the 

collection of information described 

below. The Paperwork Reduction Act 

(PRA) requires federal agencies to 

publish a notice in the Federal Register 

concerning each proposed collection of 

information before submission to OMB, 

and to allow 60 days for public 

comment in response to the notice. This 

notice complies with that requirement. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

February 13, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Send all comments to, Paul 

Kirwin, Chief, SBA Supervised Lender 

Oversight Division, Office of Credit Risk 

Management, Small Business 

Administration, Washington, DC 20416. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul 

Kirwin, Chief, SBA Supervised Lender 

Oversight Division, Office of Credit Risk 

Management 202–205–7261, 

paul.kirwin@sba.gov Curtis B. Rich, 

Agency Clearance Officer, 202–205– 

7030, curtis.rich@sba.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Small Business Lending Companies 

(SBLCs), Community Advantage Small 

Business Lending Companies (CA 

SBLCs) and Non-federally regulated 

lenders (NFRLs) are non-depository 

lending institutions authorized by SBA 

primarily to make loans under section 

7(a) of the Small Business Act. As sole 

regulator of these institutions, SBA 

requires them to submit audited 

financial statements annually as well as 

interim, quarterly financial statements 

and other reports to facilitate the 

Agency’s oversight of these lenders. 

Solicitation of Public Comments 

SBA is requesting comments on (a) 

Whether the collection of information is 

necessary for the agency to properly 

perform its functions; (b) whether the 

burden estimates are accurate; (c) 

whether there are ways to minimize the 

burden, including through the use of 

automated techniques or other forms of 

information technology; and (d) whether 

there are ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information. 

Summary of Information Collection 

Collection: 3245–0077. 

Title of Collection: Reports to SBA 

Provisions of 13 CFR 120.464. 

Description of Respondents: Small 

Business Lending Companies (SBLCs) 

and Non-federally regulated lenders 

(NFRLs). 

Total Estimated Annual Responses: 

594. 

Total Estimated Annual Hour Burden: 

7,110. 

Curtis Rich, 

Agency Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2023–27638 Filed 12–14–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8026–09–P 

SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD 

[Docket No. FD 36742] 

Lakeshore Terminal Railroad LLC— 

Acquisition and Operation 

Exemption—Track in Lake County, Ind. 

Lakeshore Terminal Railroad LLC 

(Lakeshore Terminal), a noncarrier, has 

filed a verified notice of exemption 

pursuant to 49 CFR 1150.31 to acquire 

and operate approximately 0.5 miles 

(2,854 feet) of what is currently private 

industry track in East Chicago, Lake 

County, Ind., extending from a point of 

connection with Indiana Harbor Belt 

Railroad Company to the end of track 

(the Line). 

This transaction is related to a 

verified notice of exemption 

concurrently filed in Patriot Rail 

Company—Continuance in Control 

Exemption—Lakeshore Terminal 

Railroad, Docket No. FD 36743, in 

which Patriot Rail Company LLC and a 

number of other related applicants seek 

to continue in control of Lakeshore 

Terminal upon Lakeshore Terminal’s 

becoming a Class III rail carrier. 

According to Lakeshore Terminal, its 

noncarrier corporate affiliate, Lakeshore 

Railcar & Tanker Services LLC 

(Lakeshore Services), currently owns the 

Line and uses it for non-common carrier 

activity (primarily, freight car repair and 

cleaning). The verified notice states that 

Lakeshore Terminal and Lakeshore 

Services have an agreement under 

which Lakeshore Services will convey 

the Line to Lakeshore Terminal for the 

initiation of railroad common carrier 

service. Lakeshore Terminal states that 

it will operate and provide all rail 

common carrier service to customers on 

the Line and connecting ancillary 

trackage once the exemption becomes 

effective. 

Lakeshore Terminal certifies that it 

will not be subject to any limitations on 

its ability to interchange with a thirdparty connecting carrier. Lakeshore 

Terminal also certifies that its projected 

annual revenues are not expected to 

exceed $5 million and that the proposed 


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1 IANR filed a correction to its verified notice of 

exemption on December 5, 2023. 

2 IANR does not seek retroactive effectiveness for 

the exemption. 

1The verified notice lists the railroads and the 

location of their operations as follows: (1) Alabama 

& Florida Railway Co., Inc. d/b/a Ripley & New 

Albany Railroad Co.—Alabama and Mississippi; (2) 

Columbia & Cowlitz Railway, LLC—Washington; (3) 

Decatur Junction Railway Co. LLC—Illinois; (4) 

Delta Southern Railroad, Inc.—Louisiana; (5) 

DeQueen and Eastern Railroad, LLC—Arkansas; (6) 

Elkhart & Western Railroad Co. LLC—Indiana; (7) 

Continued 

transaction will not result in Lakeshore 

Terminal’s becoming a Class I or Class 

II rail carrier. 

The earliest this transaction may be 

consummated is December 31, 2023, the 

effective date of the exemption (30 days 

after the verified notice was filed). 

If the verified notice contains false or 

misleading information, the exemption 

is void ab initio. Petitions to revoke the 

exemption under 49 U.S.C. 10502(d) 

may be filed at any time. The filing of 

a petition to revoke will not 

automatically stay the effectiveness of 

the exemption. Petitions for stay must 

be filed no later than December 22, 2023 

(at least seven days before the 

exemption becomes effective). 

All pleadings, referring to Docket No. 

FD 36742, must be filed with the 

Surface Transportation Board either via 

e-filing on the Board’s website or in 

writing addressed to 395 E Street SW, 

Washington, DC 20423–0001. In 

addition, a copy of each pleading must 

be served on Lakeshore Terminal’s 

representative, Robert A. Wimbish, 

Fletcher & Sippel LLC, 29 North Wacker 

Drive, Suite 800, Chicago, IL 60606– 

3208. 

According to Lakeshore Terminal, this 

action is categorically excluded from 

environmental review under 49 CFR 

1105.6(c) and from historic preservation 

reporting requirements under 49 CFR 

1105.8(b). 

Board decisions and notices are 

available at www.stb.gov. 

Decided: December 12, 2023. 

By the Board, Mai Dinh, Director, Office of 

Proceedings. 

Tammy Lowery, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. 2023–27636 Filed 12–14–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD 

[Docket No. FD 35508 (Sub-No. 1)] 

Iowa Northern Railway Company— 

Lease Renewal Exemption—Rail Line 

of North Central Iowa Rail Corridor, 

LLC 

Iowa Northern Railway Company 

(IANR) has filed a verified notice of 

exemption under 49 CFR 1180.2(d)(4) to 

renew its lease of the railroad property 

of North Central Iowa Rail Corridor, LLC 

(NCIRC), between milepost 48.12 at 

Belmond, Iowa, and milepost 75.95 at 

Forest City, Iowa, and 600 feet of 

connecting track at Garner, Iowa (the 

Line).1

According to the verified notice, in 

2011, IANR leased the Line from NCIRC, 

for an initial term of ten years, pursuant 

to a lease and purchase agreement. See 

Iowa N. Ry.—Operation Exemption—N. 

Cent. Rail Corridor, LLC, FD 35508 (STB 

served May 26, 2011). IANR states that, 

in 2021, it and NCIRC agreed to renew 

the lease for an additional three years, 

from September 30, 2021, until 

September 30, 2024. IANR states that it 

did not file a notice of exemption before 

consummating the lease renewal 

because it was not aware that the 

renewal required an exemption or Board 

approval. IANR now seeks after-the-fact 

Board authorization for the transaction.2

IANR states that the agreement does not 

include any provision that would limit 

the future interchange of traffic with a 

third-party connecting carrier. 

IANR represents that the transaction 

involves a renewal of a lease that the 

Board previously authorized, and only 

an extension in time is involved. 

Therefore, the transaction is exempt 

from the prior approval requirements of 

49 U.S.C. 11323. See 49 CFR 

1180.2(d)(4). 

This transaction may be 

consummated on or after December 30, 

2023, the effective date of the exemption 

(30 days after the verified notice was 

filed). 

Under 49 U.S.C. 10502(g), the Board 

may not use its exemption authority to 

relieve a rail carrier of its statutory 

obligation to protect the interests of its 

employees. However, 49 U.S.C. 11326(c) 

does not provide for labor protection for 

transactions under 49 U.S.C. 11324 and 

11325 that involve only Class III rail 

carriers. Because this transaction 

involves Class III rail carriers only, the 

Board, under the statute, may not 

impose labor protective conditions for 

this transaction. 

If the verified notice contains false or 

misleading information, the exemption 

is void ab initio. Petitions to revoke the 

exemption under 49 U.S.C. 10502(d) 

may be filed at any time. The filing of 

a petition to revoke will not 

automatically stay the effectiveness of 

the exemption. Petitions for stay must 

be filed no later than December 22, 

2023. 

All pleadings, referring to Docket No. 

FD 35508 (Sub-No. 1), must be filed 

with the Surface Transportation Board 

either via e-filing on the Board’s website 

or in writing addressed to 395 E Street 

SW, Washington, DC 20423–0001. In 

addition, one copy of each pleading 

must be served on IANR’s 

representative, Kevin M. Sheys, Hogan 

Lovells US LLP, Columbia Square 555, 

Thirteenth Street NW, Washington, DC 

20004. 

According to IANR, this action is 

categorically excluded from 

environmental review under 49 CFR 

1105.6(c) and from historic reporting 

requirements under 49 CFR 1105.8(b). 

Board decisions and notices are 

available at www.stb.gov. 

Decided: December 12, 2023. 

By the Board, Mai T. Dinh, Director, Office 

of Proceedings. 

Kenyatta Clay, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. 2023–27634 Filed 12–14–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD 

[Docket No. FD 36743] 

Patriot Rail Company LLC, SteelRiver 

Transport Ventures LLC, Global 

Diversified Infrastructure Fund (North 

America) LP, First State Infrastructure 

Managers (International) Limited, and 

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.— 

Continuance in Control Exemption— 

Lakeshore Terminal Railroad LLC 

Patriot Rail Company LLC, SteelRiver 

Transport Ventures LLC, Global 

Diversified Infrastructure Fund (North 

America) LP, First State Infrastructure 

Managers (International) Limited, and 

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. 

(collectively, Applicants), all 

noncarriers, have filed a verified notice 

of exemption under 49 CFR 1180.2(d)(2) 

to continue in control of Lakeshore 

Terminal Railroad LLC (Lakeshore 

Terminal) upon Lakeshore Terminal’s 

becoming a Class III rail carrier. 

This transaction is related to a 

verified notice of exemption filed 

concurrently in Lakeshore Terminal 

Railroad—Acquisition & Operation 

Exemption—Track in Lake County, Ind., 

Docket No. FD 36742, in which 

Lakeshore Terminal seeks to acquire 

and commence common carrier 

operations over approximately 0.5 miles 

of track located in East Chicago, Lake 

County, Ind. 

According to the verified notice, 

Applicants currently control Lakeshore 

Terminal in addition to 31 existing 

Class III rail carriers in 21 states.1


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